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Message:: [QUOTE="satootoko, post: 4835, member: 669"]A very good question! Krause lists the Japanese Puppet States, including Manchoukou, as a segment of China, between the Republic of China (Taiwan) listings, and the People's Republic of China (Modern Mainland China) listings. On the other hand, the Japanese Numismatic Dealer's Association catalogs them, along with some Korean coins, as "Occupied Territory" coins. I'm trying to put together a type set, using the JNDA guidelines, which don't make distinctions between coins of the same basic design under different regimes, and ignores color differences in fiber coins; both of which Krause gives different KM/Y #s.  For Manchoukou that means I only need 13 coins instead of the 17 that a Krause type set would require.  My Beautiful Bride of 48-1/2 years is from Japan, and over the years I had accumulated a small hoard of pocket change from the visits we made.  When I got back into active collecting after many years away from the hobby, I found that the cost of filling the last few holes in my Walking Liberty set would be a large multiple of what I already had invested, so when I decided to dip my toes in the world coin waters, I began concentrating on Japan.  Modern Japanese coinage started in 1870, so the universe is reasonably limited, and there are many beautiful designs. Of course, that doesn't keep me from going after many other kinds of world coins. Roy[/QUOTE]